Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0020966
RIPLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Ripley, OH: NPDES OH0020966 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RIPLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Ripley, Village of, holds NPDES permit OH0020966, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | RIPLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Ripley, Village of |
| NPDES ID | OH0020966 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2023 |
| Address | Ripley, OH 45167 |
| Receiving water | Ohio River |
| Subwatershed | Lee Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902010804) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 9With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 82 | 52 | June 30, 2026 | 317% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 61 | 41 | July 31, 2026 | 717% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 29 | 21 | June 30, 2026 | 76,150% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 22 | 17 | July 31, 2026 | 60% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 15 | 13 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 41 | 11 | December 31, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 28 | 8 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2005 | 2,532% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 4% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 13, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| August 13, 2025 | WW SSO - Failure to monitor | ST6 |
| May 1, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 1, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | ST6 |
| August 30, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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